Where has the Checkerboard wrasse been recorded?

Halichoeres hortulanus occurrence evidence comes from 6,646 records in 46 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from American Samoa.

6,646 records
46 places
74 years recorded
— class

Perciformes Labridae Halichoeres

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

6,646 records across 46 countries and territories, 1860–2026.

Halichoeres hortulanus · GBIF taxon key 2384141

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18602026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Checkerboard wrasse has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Checkerboard wrasse. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

Place	Records	Share
American Samoa	2,161
Northern Mariana Islands	1,422
United States Minor Outlying Islands	1,234
Guam	528
United States	244
Seychelles	157
Saudi Arabia	108
British Indian Ocean Territory	87
Philippines	83
Australia	68
New Caledonia	52
Indonesia	50
Papua New Guinea	46
Solomon Islands	45
Micronesia	35
Marshall Islands	35
Maldives	34
French Polynesia	34
Fiji	32
Palau	30
Egypt	28
Tonga	27
Thailand	19
Mauritius	13
Wallis & Futuna	10
Taiwan	9
India	8
Vanuatu	7
Timor-Leste	5
ZZ	5
Kenya	4
Samoa	4
Myanmar	3
Mozambique	3
Eritrea	2
Comoros	2
Tuvalu	2
Yemen	2
Cocos Islands	1
Cook Islands	1

Showing the top 40 of 46 places.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.